Kaiser Takes Foreign Office Reins As August Plans Loom
Reports indicate Baron Von Bieberstein’s retirement prompts Kaiser to appoint Baron Von Bulow and Baron Von Rotenhan to run foreign affairs until the August return to Berlin. Expected reshuffles include Von Eiderson Wachtee as foreign secretary and Count Posadowski-Wehner to succeed Dr. Von Boett. Germany faces a broad political crisis as the Emperor tightens control.
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von Rotenhan
Berlin
Prince Alpha
Risnk—Newa
Prince Hohenlohe
Baron von Bulow
Baron von ‘Eiderson- Wachtee
Copenhagen
von Boett
Interior
Count Posadowski- Wehner
Treasury
Miguel
General Podbielekyat
Prince Bismarck
Germany
Em‘peror
Will Abolish the Machines in Kansas Office
Kansas state printer J. A. Parks announced typesetting machines will be abolished when his administration begins Thursday. Union printers failed to block a rider on the appropriation bill setting a ten cent per 1 000 em limit for machine work, pushing hand composition at 80 to 40 cents per 1 000. In Washington the House adjourned after a roll call showing a narrow margin on a Dingley adjournment motion, with July 10 set aside to honor late W. S. Holman of Indiana.
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Kansas
Topeka
Kan
Parks
House
Washington
Dingley
Bailey
Tex
Yeas
Steele
Rep
Ind
W. S. Holman
Indiana
Victoria to relinquish crown duties to Prince and Princess of Wales
Queen Victoria returns to London for what is likely her last jubilee appearance in the metropolis. Officials say future state functions will be carried out from Windsor, Balmoral, or Osborne, with the Prince and Princess of Wales taking on public duties and audiences.
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Victoria
Prince and Princess of Wales
London
Metropolis
Windsor
Balmoral
Osborne
Cuban Revolt Skirmish At Gibara And Banes Endures
Private dispatches from Santiago province report heavy fighting last week around Gibara and Banes as insurgents led by General Garcia and Colonel Torres, numbering 5 000 to 6 000, attacked both seaports simultaneously. Banes diversion partly succeeded but Garcia briefly entered Gibara before Spanish forces repelled the advance. Colonel Machado, veteran of the ten years war, says General Gomez planned the campaign and scattered columns through Matanzas and Havana.
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Gibara
Banes
Key West
Santiago
Garcia
Torres
Machado
Gomez
Matanzas
Havana
Prince Hohenlohe Visits Bismarck During Kiel to Berlin Trip
EICHSRUHE June 29. Prince Hohenlohe accompanied by Herr Von Bulow and Baron Wilmowsky paid a four hour visit to Prince Bismarck on their way from Kiel to Berlin. The royal party also drove out for an hour and half, with Prince Hohenlohe sitting in a carriage with Prince Bismarck.
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Enlohe
Bismarck
Eichsruhe
Prince Ho Sehlohe
Herr von Bulow
Baron Wilmowsky
Prince Bismarck
Kiel
Berlin
Rtgalso
Prince Hohenlohe
Dynamite attack on Lexington jail during Denning trial
George Denning, charged with killing Jodie Conn, was brought to Lexington with two militia units guarding him when a dynamite bomb was thrown at the jail. The blast caused limited damage. Lieutenant F L Gordon of the Frankfort militia fired at the assailants and believes he hit one. Militants search Lexington for the bombers.
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Lexington
George Denning
Jodie Conn
Frankfort
F. L. Gordon
Pettigrew and Harris Better After Illness in Senate
Washington June 29 The condition of Senator Pettigrew who fell ill in the senate Saturday continues to improve and his physician believes he will resume his senatorial duties in a few days. Senator Harris of Tennessee, once recuperating, has suffered a setback but is reported to be better.
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Pettigrew
Harris
Washington
Senator Pettigrew
Senate
Tennessee
Grain grades dispute stalls Missouri Illinois meeting
The Missouri and Illinois railroad commissioners failed to agree on uniform grain grades after a joint conference in Louis. Missouri insisted on its own established grades while Illinois declined to yield, yielding no progress.
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Louis
Railroad Commissioners of
Missouri
Illinois
Grain Dealers Convention Opens in Des Moines
The National Grain Dealer's convention opened with welcomes from Des Moines mayor and local dealer leader Mr. T. Russell. Preparations are extensive as Governor Drake is to address delegates today or Wednesday. The badge features an imitation corn ear.
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Grain Dealers Convention
Des Moines
Grain Dealer’s Convention
T. Russell
Drake
Reed Plans Committees Before Adjournment
WASHINGTON June 29 Speaker Reed says he will prepare the committee lists and submit them before final adjournment unless unforeseen events change his inclination.
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Reed
Washington
Reed Declines Detroit Address Over Tariff Bill Return
Reed cannot attend the Republican clubs meeting in Detroit on July 138 because the tariff bill’s return from the Senate is imminent. He had been expected to deliver an address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Reed
Senate
Detroit
Democratic committee to fix date for Nebraska state convention
Lincoln June 29 The Democratic state committee appointed a committee to confer with Populist and Free Silver state committees at their July 8 meeting to act for the party in fixing a time for the state convention.
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Lincoln
Democratic State Committee
Appeals For Aid From Atchua County Devastation Area
Urgent appeals for aid come from the part of Atchua county that was wrecked by the great storm of September 29. The relief effort focuses on providing food shelter and medical help to affected families in Jacksonville Florida.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Atachua County
Iron Mills to Close Over Wage Scales
United iron and tinplate mills plan to close Wednesday night until wage scales are settled. President Garland of the Amalgamated denies a general strike and says Bay View mill and other plants will suspend for annual repairs. The iron scale will be taken up in Youngstown, with most tinplate plants also closing except four Senne concerns. A new board meeting is likely within a week or two.
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Pitresur
Garland
Amalgamated
Chicago
Illinois Steel Company
Bay View
Union Iron
Youngstown
Dolan
Cotton Mills Close in Lowell Mass for Two Weeks
Massachusetts cotton mills shut today and will not reopen until July 12. The 1,900 workers affected faced a lull caused by low selling prices and weak demand for goods.
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Lowel1
Mass
Massachusetts
Mille Resume Work at Reading Iron Works
Reading Pa June 29 After a period of idleness the tube department and sheet mill at Reading iron works resumed operations today The tube department will employ over 200 workers and about 250 will be put to work at the sheet mill
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Reading
Tube Department
Reading Iron Works
Civil Service Appointments Put Two Illinois Men in Key Posts
Washington June 29. Mr J W Roberts of Illinois assistant chief computer in the office of the supervising architect treasury named superintendent of construction of the United States post office and court house in San Francisco. Mr Lee Allery of Illinois computer in the same office named superintendent of construction of the mint building in Denver. Appointments made under civil service rules.
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Civil Service Appointments
Washington
J W. Roberts
Illinois
Supervising Architect of
the Treasury
United States Post Office
Court House
San Francisco
Lee Allery
Ilinois
Coining Mint
Denver
Civil Service
Antitrust Amendments Up For Senate Judiciary Review
Republican members of the senate committee on judiciary meet to consider antitrust amendments to the tariff bill. A dozen amendments are printed and others suggested as the panel seeks a form acceptable to all Republicans and durable in court challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Committee On Judiciary
Judiciary Committee
Victory For Pool Sellers Under New Breeders Law
In St Louis on June 29 Judge Murphy ruled that the supreme court held pool playing not to violate the new breeders law. The decision cited several cases and suggested pool rooms will reopen after the ruling, signaling a victory for pool sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Murphy
Supreme Court
Schrader Arrives in Lincoln to Heal 10000 People
Schrader the divine healer has arrived in Lincoln Nebraska and says the city will be his home for an indefinite period. He forecasts Lincoln will become remarkable and vows to heal 10,000 people before he leaves if ever he does.
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Schrader
Lincoln
Lincolln
Neb
Senate tariff bill moves on with hides duty raised
Washington June 29 The senate advanced the tariff bill disposing of the hides paragraphs. The agreed duty on hides is 20 percent ad valorem replacing the former 14 cents per pound proposal by the finance committee.
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Senate
Dawson's Nomination Confirmed by Senate
Washinearton June 29 The senate confirmed nominations including Thomas O. Dawson of Iowa as secretary of the legation at Rio de Janeiro and M. W. Sutton as collector of internal revenue for the district of Kansas.
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Dawson
Washinearton
Senate
Thomas O. Dawson
Iowa
Legation
United States
Rio de Janeiro
M. W. Sutton
Internal Revenue
District of
Kansas
Lynch Victims of Italian Trio Lynching Amended Pay
Washington June 29 Senator Davis said the foreign relations committee attached an amendment to the general deficiency bill to pay 6000 dollars to the families of the three Italians lynched at New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Davis
Committee On Foreign Relations
Orleans
Army of excursionists to San Francisco at low rate
From Chicago to San Francisco the fare drops to 26 dollars one way, a bargain under a cent per mile. The sale runs until close of business Saturday. Low rates also apply to Missouri river points at 7.50 and to Colorado and Utah common points at 12.50 and 20.00 respectively, with tickets issued on days Christian Endeavor tickets are sold.
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Ontaco
Chicago
San Francisco
Denver
Missouri River
Colorado
Utah
Christian Endeavor
Peculiar Shooting Affray at Mrs Obermiller's Home
In Lakewood a supposed burglary threat led Mrs. Mary Obermiller to blow a tin horn prompting Neighbors Edward Ratcliffe and William Beneke to rush out. A shooting affray ensued injuring Ratcliffe with thirteen buckshot. the burglars were imaginary and Ratcliffe will live as the town marshal intervened. Separate dispatch reports Mohammedans in Teheran maltreat Jewish residents prompting US Minister McDonald to seek intervention though persecutions continued amid extorted money.
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Cleveland
Lakewood
Mary Obermiller
Edward Radcliffe
William Beneke
Ratcliffe
Beneke
Washington
State Department
United States
Persia
Teheran
McDonald
Boerse Reform Law Attacked by German Trade Delegates
Delegates from the grain and milling trades in Germany denounced the Boerse reform law as a serious injury to trade. They expressed sympathy with Berlin coin and produce dealers and urged unfettered exchange dealings as essential to a sound time-bar gains system and accurate price fixing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Tried to Wreck an Excursion Train in Annapolis
James Smith a 14 year old colored lad is in jail in Annapolis Maryland charged with attempting to wreck the Bay Ridge excursion train from Washington yesterday. He was seen placing a railroad tie on the track about a mile and a half from the city by a railroad employee. After the obstruction was removed the boy was pursued and arrested, nine coaches were on the train at the time.
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Annapolis
James Smith
Bay Ridge
Washington
Smith
Dynamite Fishing at Orpar Rapids Arrest Made
Large quantities of fish killed near Orpar Rapids by dynamite. Detectives monitor the river. William Lane arrested for using explosives. Unusually large catfish com e up from the Mississippi, some over 60 pounds. Local authorities vow strict enforcement to protect aquatic life.
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Orpar Rapids
William Lane
Mississippi
Archbishop Keane Likely New Orleans Archbishop pick
New York dispatches report Archbishop Keane former rector of the Catholic university of Washington will relinquish duties at the propaganda and return to the United States in July. He is said to be appointed archbishop of New Orleans to succeed Archbishop Janssens who died suddenly a week earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Keane
Catholic University of Washington
United States
The
Propaganda
New Orleans
Jannsens
Nominations and wagers in brief from the wire
The president named Soren Lin toe of Minnesota as consul at Rotterdam. Fred Loughead accepted Eddie Bald's terms for a bicycle race at Buffalo on July 5. Chicago directory publishers estimate 1 828 000 population, up 76 000. John L. Sullivan trains hard at White Plains to meet Fitzsimmons in a six round bout on July 6. The Wisconsin and Michigan car ferry line between South Chicago and Peshtigo has passed to the Big Four road.
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Soren Lintoe
Minnesota
Rotterdam
Fred Loughead
Eddie Bald
Buffalo
Chicago
John L. Sullivan
White Plains
N. Y
Muldoon
Fitzsimmons
Wisconsin
Tragedy at Pleasant Valley Church Fatal Shootings
Sensational tragedy unfolds during M E church service in Pleasant Valley Texas. August Garrison and Frank Jones are dead. Thomas Jones fatally wounded with a shattered thigh as he defends his brother. Garrison and the Jones families are major planters, longtime social rivals and church members.
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Pleasant Valley
Tex
Daas
Texas
M. E
August Garrison
Frank Jones
Thomas Jones
Garrison
Jones
Lois
Jones Brothers
Frank
Thomas
Gambling Raids End Longstanding OColo Gambling Hub
Acting under Judge Owers orders deputies raided all city gambling rooms in Leapvitux. Over $2,000 worth of tables and implements were seized for destruction. All proprietors were arrested, marking a sharp end to a gambling industry that has flourished since 1879 and shocking the local community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocolo
Owers
District Court
Carlisle Practices Law in Speckert v German National Bank
Louisville judges heard Hon. John G. Carlisle appear for the defendant in the case of A. J. Speckert against the German National Bank in law and equity court today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlisle
Louisville
John G. Carlisle
Law and Equity Court Today
A. J. Speckert
German National Bank
Western Writers Host Reception at Winona Hotel
In Eade Lake Indiana on June 24 the Western Writers association held a reception at the Winona hotel with participants including James Whitcomb Riley John Clark Ridpath and Eugene Ware among others.
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Eade Lake
Ind
Western Writers’ Association
Winona Hotel
James Whitcomb Riley
John Clark Ridpath
Eugene Ware
National Reform Press Meeting in Nashville
F W D Mays of Pomeroy Washington travels to Nashville to arrange the National Reform Press Association meeting set for July 8 and 9, seeking coordination with members and press reform advocates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Reform Press Meeting
Nashville
College Notes Highlight Active Classes and New Students
The article describes lively classrooms in geography history civics economics German French and algebra with a focus on teacher preparation. It notes a successful normal college term with many new students from varied towns and promises ongoing opportunities, plus Shaker Digestive Cordial and health products.
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Moyer
Mr. Meier
Hills
Audubon County
Normal College
Miss Hopper
J. A. Griffith
Rita Blakely
Lewis
F. J. Nichols
Frances Pruitt
Frances Nell
Mary Conway
Lydia L. Curtis
Anna E. Riggs
Atlantic
Kate Warren
Cumberland
Meda Longwel
Maine
Jennie M. Smith
Neli
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